GOP/TAXES: “Senate Republicans began a frenzied week of negotiations to pass a landmark tax overhaul, grappling with several blocs of wavering GOP senators and trying to cobble together enough votes…
Republican leaders were confident they would get the 50 votes they need to pass the bill. But placating all these groups will be challenging, politically and mathematically. Winning over some lawmakers could make others more resistant. The bill would collapse if any three Republicans vote no, assuming no Democratic support…
Messrs. Corker and Johnson are both on the Senate Budget Committee, which is slated to vote Tuesday. Opposition from either of them could stall the measure.
If the Senate passes the bill, lawmakers would then reconcile it with a somewhat different House version and aim to get it on President Donald Trump’s desk by Christmas.”
-Richard Rubin and Siobhan Hughes, “Senators Seek Changes to Tax Bill as Busy Week Kicks Off,” The Wall Street Journal online, Nov. 27, 2017 09:32pm